Rapture Created in Minecraft

[Shawn Zipay]

Really, the headline explains it all. A group from Penny-Arcade have banded together to create the BioShock world of Rapture within Minecraft. They crew weren't going for a completely faithful recreation but damn if the result still isn't impressive beyond belief.

There are two parts, part one before the jump and part two afterwards.

We were not trying to precisely duplicate Rapture. Given that the build server regularly hosts 30+ people, trying to precisely recreate a game that some might not have played didn't seem like a worthwhile endeavor. What we did, instead, was try and retain the flavor of Rapture, while still enjoying the process of making our own original creations. Obviously, this means we have structures that did not exist in the game - such as our giant Surface Recreation Dome, which is one of the main hubs of the city. With that said, we're still tremendously proud of our accomplishments so far, so we put this video together to celebrate our current progress.

I just want to emphasize that all of the construction on the map is done by hand. Nothing was editor'd in. Admins and mods on the main build server do spawn blocks for people when needed, but only for things that can't otherwise by regularly attained such as ice blocks or lava. If they want any gold, diamond, rock, whatever, that is regularly available in the map, it's up to the player to get it.

For the record, these two videos only walk through about 2/3rds of what we've built down here.